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Package "libcaca"

Name: libcaca

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This package is just an umbrella for a group of other packages, it has no description.
Description samples from packages in group:

  • development files for libcaca
  • colour ASCII art library
Latest version: 0.99.beta20-5ubuntu0.25.10.1
Release: questing (25.10)
Level: updates
Repository: main

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base main 0.99.beta20-5
base universe 0.99.beta20-5
security main 0.99.beta20-5ubuntu0.25.10.1
security universe 0.99.beta20-5ubuntu0.25.10.1
updates universe 0.99.beta20-5ubuntu0.25.10.1

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Version: 0.99.beta20-5ubuntu0.25.10.1 2026-01-07 16:08:00 UTC

  libcaca (0.99.beta20-5ubuntu0.25.10.1) questing-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: divide by zero
    - debian/patches/CVE-2022-0856.patch: adds a check to handle images with
      either a width or height of zero in src/img2txt.c.
    - CVE-2022-0856

 -- Ian Constantin <email address hidden> Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:51:48 +0200
CVE-2022-0856 libcaca is affected by a Divide By Zero issue via img2txt, which allows a remote malicious user to cause a Denial of Service


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